An AI trained to use thermal images to detect whale body heat could help warn ships at risk of colliding with the marine ...

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Soil DNA from Chile to the Antarctic Peninsula ties warmer climates to more plant fungal pathogens, with abundance projected ...

The remains of at least 37 people in an ancient stone 'jar' in northeastern Laos suggest that thousands similar jars were ...

Found near Australia, Solenostomus snuffleupagus is a shaggy swimmer that closely resembles Mr. Snuffleupagus from Sesame ...

Life sciences writer Susan Milius has been writing about botany, zoology and ecology for Science News since the last ...

Scientists have finally sniffed out the molecules behind marijuana’s skunky aroma. The heady bouquet that wafts off of fresh weed is actually a cocktail of hundreds of fragrant compounds. The most ...

States with abortion bans are trending away from evidence-based miscarriage treatment that includes mifepristone, compared ...

While the thunderstorms in The Legend of Zelda defy physics, plenty of places on Earth experience extreme weather.

As public health officials around the world monitor dozens of former passengers and crewmembers of the MV Hondius for signs ...

A Biography lifts the curtain on the private life of Charles Darwin, one of science’s most controversial pioneers.

British chef Mike Keen will ski across Greenland eating only fermented seal. Researchers will study how the Inuit diet shapes ...